Board 8 > Persona 5 General Discussion Topic #4 - You'll Never See It Coming! (Spoilers)

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*Ambushes Board 8 with another Persona 5 topic*

Topic title just fit: YEAH, VICTORY!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiCD8q-QO08
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Answer to question in other chat, but Sojiro's link just takes ages between I think rank 3 and 4. One of the early ones. Two hangouts will definitely not be enough. I think I might have needed four. You can't hang out with social links if they're blocked, they'll just complain about whatever.
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Sojiro's link between 3 and 4 intentionally takes forever to prevent accidental time wasting because of the date lock.
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The Sojiro date lock on his link is something I would have liked to see implemented on the party member links. Would let them incorporate events in the story a little more and might let link events pop up in the story as well.

I think P3P did it with Junpei's link in the FeMC route. You could only get it past a certain rank after you got past the story event where he got Trismegistus
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tagsona, I'm gonna catch this stupid fucking fish one day.
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Sceptilesolar posted...

Answer to question in other chat, but Sojiro's link just takes ages between I think rank 3 and 4. One of the early ones. Two hangouts will definitely not be enough. I think I might have needed four. You can't hang out with social links if they're blocked, they'll just complain about whatever.

This.

It took me 4 times making coffee each giving +2 notes to get him from rank 3 to rank 4
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So I thought I was at the final save, but I guess not and now tons of fucking annoying shadows without weaknesses ugh.

4th Palace down. Having played this game again, I am realizing how little I like 2, 3, 4, and 5. 1 was short enough to breeze through, 6 has the best all-around aesthetic and gimmick, and 7 serves as a vehicle for the final plotlines.

6th > 1st > 7th > 5th > 4th > 2nd > 3rd

Basically, anything after 7th is a crapshoot. None of the songs are interesting, and the gimmicks are just annoying.
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I liked the 'heist' for the second palace, and I was hoping we'd see more of that kind of stuff. I think I'd rank the dungeons like:

6 > 7 > 2 > 3 > 1 > 5 > 4
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Final save point for real now. Holy shit this last place is exhausting even splitting it in half and doing it over 2 days.

Palace 2 was great I felt like. I haven't done the later palaces yet, but I'd be pretty surprised if it ended up even in the bottom half for me. Haven't quite finished the 3rd palace yet (only have to send the calling card), but my current order is probably 2 > 1 > 3.
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3rd Palace would be top if I only took Persona awakenings into account. Honestly it's kinda all downhill from there in that regard

Having only finished up to 3, I'm at 1 > 3 > 2. Overall design of 1 is the one to beat at the moment, but 3 had easily my favorite boss so far.
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*Yusuke at the church*

This guy...I mean...does this guy do drugs? Wow.
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Strife2 posted...

*Yusuke at the church*

I died. Dude is on the fast track to being one of my top Persona characters ever.
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swordz9 posted...

3rd Palace would be top if I only took Persona awakenings into account. Honestly it's kinda all downhill from there in that regard

I feel like I'm probably the only one who's going to say this, but I felt like that was easily the weakest awakening scene so far. Like it's not even close either.

I love everything else about that character, but that specific scene was pretty underwhelming for me.
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pyresword posted...

I feel like I'm probably the only one who's going to say this, but I felt like that was easily the weakest awakening scene so far. Like it's not even close either.

You are the only person who is going to say this <_<
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I'm towards the end of the fifth palace right now with 17 days left.
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I bought the Makoto avatar/theme pack...
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GANON1025 posted...

I bought the Makoto avatar/theme pack...

I haven't, but I'm actually considering it because it's only two bucks...

Would be nice if I could preview it or something first though

The Swimsuit DLC should be out Tuesday, and going by Atlus's website, this one will be free to download.
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Dark Silvergun posted...

The Swimsuit DLC should be out Tuesday, and going by Atlus's website, this one will be free to download.

Too bad I already finished the game :(

Oh well I can just make my NG+ run sometime in the future 'female party members swimsuits only'


:D

When is the Reach Out for the Truth DLC?
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Here's a link for the DLC listed on their website:
http://atlus.com/persona5/dlc.html
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I would use that SMT4 set just for Burroughs-Morgana if it weren't seven bucks

LapisLazuli posted...

pyresword posted...

I feel like I'm probably the only one who's going to say this, but I felt like that was easily the weakest awakening scene so far. Like it's not even close either.

You are the only person who is going to say this <_<

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LapisLazuli posted...

pyresword posted...

I feel like I'm probably the only one who's going to say this, but I felt like that was easily the weakest awakening scene so far. Like it's not even close either.

You are the only person who is going to say this <_<

Nothing else even compares for me.

The Persona PS4 themes come with music? That's awesome. I went with Makoto obviously.
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About to go through the ending. Will post final thoughts when I'm done.

Strife2 posted...

The Persona PS4 themes come with music? That's awesome. I went with Makoto obviously.

What music?

Where are the themes anywsy? I only saw Ann's on the shop.
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In the Add-Ons section. I bought and downloaded Makoto's theme. I went to Settings and put it on. Once it did, the rainy day "Shapeshifter" remix started playing. I also grabbed the free outfits. That finally let me figure out what the fucking cardboard box was used for: DLC outfits.
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I'm only super early into palace 5 and I already don't like it.
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Takemi and Kawakami are the top Confidants for me, but I'll be damned if Yusuke isn't a solid #3. For those wondering about party interaction, Rank 8 is awesome.
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So I got to the end of Palace 5, and after I chose to have the calling card sent out, I decided to let the 10 minute timer run out just to see if there was any sort of cutscene, and there was a small one. It's as you would expect, the space ship takes off through a launch port, then Okumura quickly taunts you, then as he flies away, the base blows up, and you die.
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How do you get huge amounts of money? Something with confusing enemies?
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Confuse a Mementos boss and it will toss out the GDP of Sweden every couple of turns.
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If you're too lazy to do that, the other method is using treasure traps when you're exploring palaces, and killing the treasure demons you encounter. It's not as fast, but it's effective enough for what you need.
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Logicblade posted...

I liked the 'heist' for the second palace, and I was hoping we'd see more of that kind of stuff. I think I'd rank the dungeons like:

6 > 7 > 2 > 3 > 1 > 5 > 4

One of my annoyances for this game is after Palace 3 it felt like they forgot we were thieves and reverted to generic fight the big boss.

A little disappointing for sure
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I really wish I focused more on Yoshida during the first playthrough. These later rewards are insane...but I no longer need them.
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Palace 3 beated. Boss was probably one of the easiest fights in the entire dungeon haha. Rakunda+Tarukaja+Swift Strike from a dedicated physical persona=1 very dead boss.

MC level 27:

Kin-ki - 27
Naga - 24
Nigi Mitama - 22
Anzu - 27
Shiki-Ouji - 23
Fuu-Ki - 23
Sui-Ki - 26
Phoenix - 24
Orthrus - 21
Matador - 21

Confidant Levels:
Fool - 5
Magician - 4
Emperor - 2
Hierophant - 3
Lovers - 5
Chariot - 4
Justice - 1
Strength - 4
Death - 5
Temperance - 1
Devil - 1
Moon - 5
Sun - 3

By the way am I missing any social links? I know about the fortune-teller, but I still have to go through some stuff before I get her. And also there's Iwai of course but I think it will be a while yet before I get him.
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How does a S Link you make in the future able to affect the persona you make in the past??
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Fun game. 93 hours. I'll have to replay 3 and 4 in the next few months.
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Wtf

They are showering me with Exp in this end of game segment

I went from 67 to 69 in one fight

Against a normal trash mob
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Wow those ending scenes were really long.

Pros: Social links were amazing and had tons of useful perks.
Dungeons were the best in the series. Making them a set design instead of randomly generated was a good call.
Gameplay is the series best. Battles are initiated in the coolest way and even negotiation was done well.
Artistic style was incredible.
Solid voice acting aside from some odd emphasis on certain parts of names early on.

Cons: School events were incredibly weak.
They did the same type of events as 3-4, but removed what made those scenes actually fun.
Character interaction overall was pretty weak sadly. I didn't come to like this group as much as 3's and 4's which had two characters each I didn't like.
Chatroom text was super repetitive and replaced what could've been face to face voiced interaction.

A really solid game, but not as good as 3 or 4 entirely because of characters/character interaction.

I do find the whole cell phone thing dull. I just mash the button to go through it now, since the storyline conversations repeat themselves endlessly.
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Sojiro's second half social link is worth the wait. I'm already liking this.
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So in interest of not wasting items if it isn't actually over

Is this really the last save point

After the 4th angel before the tower?
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Yes.

Also, one of Star's rewards is promising. Earn double money by killing a mob in one turn.

*Points to Alice playing in the corner with Teddie Bears*

She can do that.
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Strife2 posted...

Yes.

Also, one of Star's rewards is promising. Earn double money by killing a mob in one turn.

*Points to Alice playing in the corner with Teddie Bears*

She can do that.

I remember something about picking up NG+ items do I need to do that?
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